Suspect Arrested in Spain in Connection with Brussels Attack
Spanish police announced on Saturday the arrest of a suspect at Málaga Airport in southern Spain as part of an investigation into an attack in Brussels in October 2023 that killed two Swedish nationals, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP).
In a statement, police said the individual, wanted in Belgium, is suspected of supplying the firearm used in the attack, which killed two Swedish soccer fans in Brussels ahead of a football match between Belgium and Sweden.
The suspect was apprehended on Friday while attempting to leave Spain.
Authorities stated that the individual “faces a potential life sentence as Belgian authorities are seeking him on charges of committing a terrorist attack, murder, and physical injury.”
The attacker had opened fire on Swedish fans in central Brussels, killing two and injuring a third, before fleeing the scene. He was later killed during a police operation to apprehend him at a café.
At the time, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo revealed that the gunman was of Tunisian origin and had been living in the country illegally.
The attacker had posted on social media that he was inspired by the Islamic State (ISIS) and had deliberately targeted Swedish nationals.
